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Article: Ja Rule, sometimes silence can be golden
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
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- November 11, 2003
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COMMENTARY
Ja Rule, sometimes silence can be golden
By GEMMA TARLACH Journal Sentinel pop music critic
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
Where's the beef?
Hard-core rap has a time-honored tradition of gaining critical
street cred by dissing your peers in your albums, on the stage and
through underground mix tapes circulated by DJs and other players.
One of the more recent high-profile beefs, between multiplatinum
rappers 50 Cent and Ja Rule, had, at various points, escalated into
answer songs and alleged physical altercations. Then it just kind of
. . . went away. The long-simmering feud is old news -- just ask the
artists' fans.
But the stale flavor of Ja Rule vs. 50 Cent beef didn't stop BET,
MTV ...